Ford had backed challenger Nina Tangri, who was vying to be the first woman to hold the job at Queen’s Park.
MPPs have defied Premier Doug Ford’s wishes and returned veteran Ted Arnott as speaker of the Ontario Legislature.
A visibly unhappy Ford and his cabinet had supported Tangri , a former PC minister who had hoped to smash the last glass ceiling at Queen’s Park. That’s a reference to the NDP’s disputed claim that government house leader Paul Calandra threatened to strip the party of three deputy speaker roles if it didn’t endorse Tangri. Calandra’s office said the accusation was “entirely untrue.”
“If you do the math, and you think of the number of opposition members as well as the number of government members, clearly I must have had support on both sides of the house,” the Wellington-Halton Hills MPP said. Interim Liberal Leader John Fraser said he was surprised at the result “because the government house leader made it very clear that they had a different choice — and he has a lot of power and influence.
“We will reiterate how we are supporting the health care system particularly in light of current pressures. We will be signalling that the context in which the agenda is being implemented is shifting based on global economic trends,” the insider said.the April 28 budget, which had served as the Tories’ re-election platform.That $425-million expenditure will presumably affect Bethlenfalvy’s COVID-19 pandemic-inflated $19.9-billion deficit.
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